... that of New Zealand. It's great to be in the heart of a truly international mega-city.

This morning was a 6:00am checkout followed by breakfast and a short bus trip to the train station to board the Bullet Train for the 828km trip to Guangzhou. At just over 3 hours – it really is the ultimate way to travel. The trains used to run at a standard top speed of 350km/h but in 2011 this was reduced to 300km/h as the result of safety concerns on ...

... in commission for, give or take, 30 years. That’s not all. In China, or perhaps just in Foshan, stating the bus system is unpunctual would be an understatement. Of the five times I’ve waited after school for a bus, I believe the average wait time has been north of 30 minutes. The worst part of this all are the masses of people who come on. I am not pointing out any one individual, rather, the bus is physically pushed to its human ...

... foolishly embarrass myself dropping half my food on the table and the other on my lap.

Bathroom

I’ll be careful to tread lightly around on this topic only because the experience is so remote to our western customs that if I don’t mention my experiences, it’d be a crime towards this blog and to any readers I may have.

As I've mentioned before, the traditional eastern toilet is quite modestly a hole in the ground. And as fate would ...

... Nanhai Primary Experimental School, is a private school, and one of the nicest in all of Foshan. There are four to five main buildings on campus, one of which is a dorm, and they are architecturally set up so that the space between them make for an inviting, open concept space. The only qualm I’d have, is the track is about half the size back home. By default, the river walk will have to do. As a bit of compensation, the school does provide me with three free meals a day. ...